Ruby on Rails

On Aug 29, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Alex Froelich wrote:

> Hi Ruby on Rails community!
>
> I am trying to write a program that uses the .match command to find out
> if a string contains a certain word-then using that information write a
> conditional statement. The issue I am running into is that I am self
> teaching myself and do not really know how to properly use this new
> found str. method. Right now this is what my code looks like
>
> def your_plans(activity) #want to use a method for this one
> if /activity/.match("movie")

Take the slashes off of activity, and this should just work.

irb
1.9.3p429 :001 > "i love movies".match("movie")
=> #<MatchData "movie">
1.9.3p429 :002 > "i love movies".match("walrus")
=> nil
1.9.3p429 :003 >

> #this is where I get it wrong, I am not sure if this is the proper way
> to present the match, and if i am #putting the argument in the correct
> position.
> puts "I love movies too!"
> else
> puts "why didn't you see a movie?"
> end
> end
>
> puts your_plans("Yesterday, I went to go see a movie")
>
>
> it is super basic, as I am just a starter. I think the rest of my code
> is correct, i just cant figure out the match method. If anyone has some
> pointers on why certain pieces go where that would be really helpful. I
> have been using this site to look up and learn methods.
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/String.html

Hope this helps,

Walter

>
> thanks!
>
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